Recap: Riverhead Town Board likes Peconic YMCA plans

News-Review staff writer Tim Gannon is reporting live from tonight’s Riverhead Town Board meeting where, among other things, a public hearing is scheduled on a plan to convey town land in Calverton to the Peconic YMCA.

The board also expects to schedule public hearings on proposed zoning changes along Route 25A in Wading River.

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